Online Job Searching Can Open
Unwanted Leaks of Private Data

By

Jeremy Wagstaff Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 10, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

In days of old, applying for a job was a pretty private affair. Check out a job ad, send the employer a CV, attend an interview. Now, protected in these online days by the anonymity of the Internet, it should be even more private.

It isn't.

The Internet isn't anonymous. You leave a digital trail everywhere you go, and filling out a CV on the Web is not quite the same as sending one directly to a potential employer. Indeed,...